Re: [PATCH] flash-images: Drop 2gb-ext4 from image filename

[Arne Fitzenreiter <arne_f@ipfire.org>]

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Am 2022-08-09 21:03, schrieb Jon Murphy:
> I’ve always been curious about the 2 GB max size.

It was not the max size. It was the minimal size of the media that could 
used.
Now it is larger so 4GB cards are now minimum.
At first boot IPFire resize it to the size of the used media up to
2 TB (max size of a MBR partitioned disk)


> 
> When the internet was slow and HDs were expensive it made perfect
> sense. But I am curious why not 3 GB or 4 GB?
> 
> No rush - just curious.
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
>> On Aug 8, 2022, at 3:27 PM, Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> This is now being dropped since the image won't fit onto a 2GB device
>> any more and since there is only one type of image, we don't need to
>> state the filesystem type.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>
>> ---
>> lfs/flash-images | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/lfs/flash-images b/lfs/flash-images
>> index b4fde8dd9..af78f5de9 100644
>> --- a/lfs/flash-images
>> +++ b/lfs/flash-images
>> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifeq "$(EFI)" "1"
>> endif
>> PART_ROOT  = /dev/mapper/$(patsubst /dev/%,%,$(DEVICE))p3
>> 
>> -IMAGE_FILE = 
>> /install/images/$(SNAME)-$(VERSION).2gb-ext4.$(BUILD_ARCH)-full-core$(CORE).img.xz
>> +IMAGE_FILE = 
>> /install/images/$(SNAME)-$(VERSION)-core$(CORE)-$(BUILD_ARCH).img.xz
>> 
>> FSTAB_FMT = UUID=%s %-8s %-4s %-10s %d %d\n
>> 
>> --
>> 2.30.2
>>